diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-cryptography/template b/srcpkgs/python-cryptography/template
index 39e63d22f7d..e7aca2d26e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-cryptography/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-cryptography/template
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'python-cryptography'
 pkgname=python-cryptography
-version=2.7
-revision=2
+version=2.8
+revision=1
 wrksrc="cryptography-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-pycompile_module="cryptography"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools libressl-devel
- python-enum34 python-ipaddress python-six python3-six python-asn1crypto
- python3-asn1crypto python-cffi python3-cffi python-idna python3-idna"
+ python-enum34 python-ipaddress python-six python3-six
+ python-cffi python3-cffi python-idna python3-idna"
 makedepends="libressl-devel python-devel python3-devel"
-depends="python-cffi python-asn1crypto python-six python-enum34
+depends="python-cffi python-six python-enum34
  python-idna python-ipaddress"
 checkdepends="python-cryptography_vectors python-hypothesis
  python-iso-8601 python-pretend python-pytest python-pytz
@@ -20,8 +19,9 @@ short_desc="Python2 library that provides cryptographic recipes and primitives"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause, Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pyca/cryptography/master/CHANGELOG.rst"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/c/cryptography/cryptography-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e6347742ac8f35ded4a46ff835c60e68c22a536a8ae5c4422966d06946b6d4c6
+checksum=3cda1f0ed8747339bbdf71b9f38ca74c7b592f24f65cdb3ab3765e4b02871651
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ post_install() {
 }
 
 python3-cryptography_package() {
-	depends="python3-cffi python3-asn1crypto python3-six python3-idna"
-	pycompile_module="cryptography"
+	depends="python3-cffi python3-six python3-idna"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/python3*